Linux "scandisk" is fsck (which stands for File System ChecK).
fsck is usually run as necessary when your system boots and your filesystems are about to be mounted read-write.
Both fsck and defragmenting utilities are filesystem-specific. While all (as far as I know) linux filesystems provide a fsck utility, most linux filesystems do not have a defragmenting utility, because they are designed to avoid fragmentation, and any fragmentation is usually too low for the process of defragmentation to be considered worthwhile.
As long as you have a reasonable amount of free space, your filesystem should not really become fragmented.
EDIT: If you're interested, the filefrag utility can be used to inspect the fragmentation (if any) of a specific file. See man filefrag.
Last edited by zhangmaike; 11-04-2006 at 03:02 AM.
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